Syed Shah Ataur Rahman (1907–18 March 1998) popularly known as Ata Kakwi was an Indian poet and writer. He was a contemporary of Wali Azimabadi, Akhtar Qadri, Azizuddin Balkhi and

Fasihuddin Balkhi Fasihuddin Balkhi (10 February 1885 – 14 March 1962) was an Indian author and historian. He belonged to the Khanqah Balkhia Firdausia, Fatuha, Patna. He was a contemporary of Ata Kakwi, Taqi Rahim, Shad Azimabadi and Shah Mohsin Danapuri ...

. He has served as the head of department for the Department of Persian of

Patna University Patna University is a public state university in Patna, Bihar, India. It was established on 1 October 1917 during the British Raj. It is the first university in Bihar and the seventh oldest university in the Indian subcontinent in the modern e ...

. He has been a director of Arabic and Persian Research Institute, Patna. He had served as the professor in Urdu, Arabic and Persian department of Langat Singh College, Muzaffarpur from 1937 to 1954 succeeding Dr. Abdul Majeed Akhtar. He was related to the Abulolai-Naqshbandi order of Sufism. He was the father of Arshad Kakvi, a known poet of Urdu-language.

Early life

Syed Shah Ataur Rahman was born to Syed Shah Ghafurur Rahman Hamd Kakvi in Kako, Jehanabad district, Bihar in 1907. He passed matriculation from Gaya Zila School, Gaya. He was a student of Shad Azimabadi in poetry.

Books

* ''Pesh-i guftār: dībācon̲ kā majmūʻah'', 1989 * ''Miʻyār va mīzān: tabṣire'', 1989 * ''Taḥqīqī mut̤ālaʻe: Taḥqīqī maqālon̲ kā majmūʻah'', 1965 * ''Ās̲ār-i Kāko'', 1986 * ''Mut̤ālaʻah-yi Shād'', 1966 * ''Ḥarf-i avvalīn: apnī taṣānīf va tālīfāt ke dībāce'', 1989 * ''Gulhā-yi rang rang'', 1970

Death and legacy

He died on 18 March 1998, in Patna and buried under the campus of Dargah Shah Arzan. The Urdu Directorate, Bihar organized a commemorative program for Ata Kakwi on 26 October 2022 at the Abhilekh Bhawan Bihar State Archive Directorate, Patna.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kakwi, Ata 1907 births 1998 deaths People from Jehanabad district Writers from Bihar Urdu-language poets from India